Chapter 126: Fleeting

With two “crack!” sounds, the cleavers in Lü Yang and Sun Haibo’s hands both chopped down, smoothly finishing off the two Dark Kidnappers who charged out first.

But immediately, two more Dark Kidnappers rushed out from the room, howling and slashing toward everyone, while the kidnapper leader holding the handgun also followed behind these two Dark Kidnappers and charged out of the house.

The Dark Kidnapper holding the handgun should be the kidnapper leader who shot Lü Yang in the head before. It seemed that in this Mysterious Domain, he was probably the boss of this stage.

As soon as the gun-holding kidnapper leader rushed out of the house, he raised his gun and aimed at Sun Haibo, who had just finished off a Dark Kidnapper. At the critical moment, Lü Yang turned on his flashlight and shone the strong light toward the gun-holding Dark Kidnapper, causing the Dark Kidnapper to freeze for a moment and forcing him to raise his arm to block his eyes. His gun-raising action was also forced to stop.

It seemed this was the only way to deal with this kidnapper leader, but the timing for the flashlight’s strong light had to be very accurate. Shining too early was not very useful; shining too late and he would have already pulled the trigger.

Lü Yang quickly turned off the flashlight’s strong light to save power. He knew that to deal with this handgun-holding kidnapper leader, if the flashlight ran out of power, the consequences would be unthinkable.

“Ji Zhen! Flashlight weak light, the kidnapper on the left! Li Ping! Flashlight weak light! The kidnapper on the right! You two lead them around the house! Once they get too close, use a quick strong light! Haibo, use your flashlight to help me deal with this gun-holding boss! The moment you see him raise his gun, immediately use a quick strong light! Everyone, always pay attention to your flashlight’s power!” After Lü Yang saw clearly and confirmed that among the three Dark Kidnappers who rushed out, only one had a handgun, he relaxed a little and loudly announced the tactical plan.

At this point in the battle, it was a critical moment that would decide life and death. If any one of Sun Haibo, Ji Zhen, and Li Ping fled at the last moment or did not follow orders and acted recklessly, everyone could likely face the danger of a total wipeout. Although Lü Yang had repeatedly emphasized battle discipline before, these people had not received professional training. Under such extreme fear, Lü Yang was not sure these three could withstand the pressure and fully carry out his tactics.

The moment the kidnappers rushed out, everyone panicked briefly, but because Lü Yang’s command was very clear, they quickly steadied themselves and each acted according to Lü Yang’s instructions.

The Black Fog Armor on the handgun-holding kidnapper leader was much thicker than that of the other Dark Kidnappers. The power in Lü Yang and Sun Haibo’s flashlights ran out one after another, but they still had not managed to destroy the Black Fog Armor on this boss-level Dark Kidnapper.

However, Lü Yang had two other flashlights in hand. One was picked up next to the body of the earliest dead player, Chen Mingdong, and the other was picked up from the ground after he moved Wang Zixian’s body away from the door. They came in handy right now.

Just as the strong light from Lü Yang’s flashlight was about to completely burn away the Black Fog Armor on the handgun-holding kidnapper leader, Li Ping came running out from behind a distant house, shouting loudly. She had completely burned away the Black Fog Armor on the Dark Kidnapper she was dealing with, but the power in her flashlight had also run out. She couldn’t charge it quickly enough, so she could no longer push back the Dark Kidnapper chasing and slashing at her with a cleaver.

Once there was no flashlight light shining on them, the Dark Kidnappers moved incredibly fast. In just that instant, the cleaver in the Dark Kidnapper’s hand came slashing down heavily. Fortunately, Li Ping dodged in time, so the blow did not directly split her head open.

Although the girl was timid, her physical reflexes were fast enough…

Although this slash did not split Li Ping’s head open, it still seriously injured her shoulder, causing her to stumble and fall to the ground. The Dark Kidnapper holding the cleaver did not pause at all and raised his cleaver high to slash down at Li Ping again. Li Ping quickly raised her flashlight, but the light only flashed once before going out.

Li Ping closed her eyes in despair. However, she probably never expected that her earlier effort to turn on the flashlight, and that single flash of light, instantly illuminated the kidnapper chasing her, giving Lü Yang a fleeting chance to aim… otherwise, she really would have been doomed.

“Bang!” A gunshot rang out. Lü Yang, over ten meters away, fired without hesitation. However, this shot did not hit the head but struck the Dark Kidnapper in the chest, leaving a bloody hole.

A glimmer of light in the darkness—the chance to save someone was fleeting. Lü Yang did not blindly pursue headshots with every bullet.

After being shot in the chest, the Dark Kidnapper immediately transferred its hatred, withdrew the cleaver aimed at Li Ping, and instead charged at Lü Yang.

Once the handgun-holding kidnapper leader was no longer exposed to Lü Yang’s flashlight strong light, he immediately raised his gun and aimed at Lü Yang. After Lü Yang fired that shot at the Dark Kidnapper chasing Li Ping, he immediately turned back and shone the flashlight’s strong light at the handgun-holding Dark Kidnapper.

“Pop!” With a flash of blue light, the thick Black Fog Armor on the handgun-holding kidnapper leader was finally completely burned away.

The Dark Kidnapper chasing Li Ping rushed to Lü Yang’s side in a few large steps and raised his cleaver high… It seemed that without a headshot, even if these Dark Predators were shot in the chest, their mobility wouldn’t be significantly affected.

“Bang! Bang!” Two gunshots…

The handgun-holding Dark Kidnapper and the cleaver-wielding Dark Kidnapper were both headshot by Lü Yang at close range. Because the distance was so close, when the cleaver-wielding Dark Kidnapper was headshot, the cleaver in his hand still came slashing down heavily toward Lü Yang. Lü Yang sidestepped narrowly, and the two Dark Kidnappers’ bodies then fell to the ground one after the other.

“Help!”

Ji Zhen, who was leading the other Dark Kidnapper, also had his flashlight power run out and was being chased fiercely by that Dark Kidnapper. But for some reason, likely due to Ji Zhen’s operational error, the Black Fog Armor on the Dark Kidnapper chasing him still had not been completely destroyed.

Lü Yang ran toward Ji Zhen. Just as the Dark Kidnapper raised his cleaver high to slash down at Ji Zhen’s head, Lü Yang raised his flashlight and used the last of its power to suddenly shine the strong light at the Dark Kidnapper.

The Dark Kidnapper then froze briefly, and with a flash of blue light, the Black Fog Armor on its body shattered completely with a “pop!” sound. Lü Yang took advantage of this momentary freeze, rushed forward, swung the cleaver in his hand, and knocked the last Dark Kidnapper to the ground.

The battle ended. Ji Zhen and Li Ping sat on the ground, still shaken, their hearts pounding. Having narrowly escaped death, they instantly changed their view of Lü Yang. At the critical moment, he had not abandoned them, and to rescue them, he had almost put himself in danger.

Especially Li Ping, who thought she was certainly going to die just moments before, but was saved by Lü Yang at the last moment.

…

When Lü Yang looked back, he realized that the handgun dropped by the gun-holding kidnapper leader he had just killed was actually taken by Wang Zixian! Wang Zixian had already used the handgun to force Sun Haibo back. When Lü Yang turned around, Wang Zixian immediately turned the gun and pointed it at Lü Yang.

Wang Zixian was not dead. There was a big hole in his stomach, but he hadn’t suffered any further injuries. This round of the game had a unique setting: as long as you didn’t die, your life force would slowly recover. It seemed the players’ self-healing speed was faster than Lü Yang had expected… because Wang Zixian was already able to stand up.

“Give me the gun.” Lü Yang slowly moved closer to Wang Zixian and held out his hand.

“Why should I give it to you?” Wang Zixian raised the gun and pointed it at Lü Yang.

Lü Yang also raised his gun and pointed it at Wang Zixian, continuing to step closer step by step. He shouted sternly at Wang Zixian, “Do you think which of us two has better aim? Will you throw the gun over, or do I have to blow your head off with one shot?”

“Don’t come any closer! I’ll shoot!” Wang Zixian looked at Lü Yang, trembling with fear. He had seen Lü Yang’s shooting skills before—almost every shot was a headshot. He certainly knew his own shooting was not as good as Lü Yang’s…

The most crucial thing was… he did not know that Lü Yang’s gun had no bullets left.

“I’ll count to three. If you don’t put the gun on the ground and kick it over, I’ll blow your head off!” Lü Yang raised his gun, pointed it at Wang Zixian’s head, and threatened him again.

Because Wang Zixian had not always listened to Lü Yang, having the handgun in his hands would be very dangerous. Additionally, Lü Yang now had no bullets left in his handgun, and the third round of the game was only at the first stage. There were three more stages after this, and who knew what they would encounter later? Without a gun, there would be no sense of security.

In other words, if the only handgun had not been in Lü Yang’s hands earlier, everyone might have been wiped out already.

“Why should only you have the handgun? You have the gun, so you’re the boss. They’re willing to follow you; that’s their business. Now I have a gun too; I don’t need to stay with you anymore! I can also lead everyone to safety!” Wang Zixian shouted, his expression becoming very agitated.

“Give the gun to the boss. We don’t need you to lead us. Only he can protect us.” Li Ping, holding her shoulder, came over and tried to persuade Wang Zixian. A leader being violent wasn’t scary; what was scary was if he refused to rescue his companions at critical moments. But Lü Yang was clearly not that kind of person.

“Three!”

Lü Yang stopped wasting words with Wang Zixian and just counted down.

“I just want to survive!” Wang Zixian’s hands holding the handgun trembled.

“Don’t be silly. No one will follow you. Only by following him can we survive…” Ji Zhen also came over and tried to persuade Wang Zixian.